DSS Secures Death Sentence for Kidnapper Who Killed Three Victims in Sokoto
The Department of State Services (DSS) has secured the conviction and death sentence of Ibrahim Usman, also known as Dan Iyali, over his involvement in the kidnapping and killing of
The Department of State Services (DSS) has secured a death sentence for Ibrahim Usman, also known as Dan Iyali, for his involvement in the kidnapping and killing of three individuals in Sokoto State in September 2023. Usman was tried on a four-count charge before the Sokoto High Court, alongside other suspects who remain at large.
The charges included criminal conspiracy, kidnapping, culpable homicide punishable by death, and voluntarily causing grievous hurt without provocation. The prosecution successfully proved their case beyond reasonable doubt, leading to Usman's conviction and sentencing to life imprisonment for kidnapping and death by hanging for culpable homicide.
The victims, Ahmad Alhassan, Umar Usman, Adamu Haliru (Naibi), Alh Sule Muhammad, and Abdulmalik Muazu, were abducted and subsequently killed in Marmaro Forest in Giayawa District. Usman was arrested in May 2024 and arraigned on charges related to the incident under the Sokoto State Penal Code Law 2019.
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